[quote name="Shoots_he_scores"]Stayed up to watch the game, and it was probably the sloppiest hawks game I've seen in a while. Bad passes, absolutely no puck support, had tons of trouble breaking out of our own zone. Richards totally fucked up the second goal but made some pretty good saves, Toivonen looked good too. Early on it looked like the hawks were gonna score a couple but Brent Johnson made some really big saves as he usually does against us.[/quote]
This exactly. I liked both goaltenders (trust me, it takes a lot for me to admit Toivonen played well).... while watching the game I was about to go to bed after the 2nd period, but with Toivonen in net I stayed up and said "I wonder how much of a train wreak the two goals he allowed were". Not bad at all though, not his fault. I thought Richards made some huge saves as well and kept the Hawks in the game despite the crappy 2nd goal (which was tipped anyway). He looked like he might have a future, just work on those kinks in Rockford and maybe one day he'll have a chance. I liked the way he played the puck - more confident in Richards playing the puck rather than any goaltender in the organization the past 3 years besides Turco.